The new novel by Daniel H. Wilson, apparently correctly titled Michael Crichton: The Andromeda Evolution (Harper), debuts on three lists, as high as #10 on the Publishers Weekly fiction hardcover list.

Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Water Dancer (One World) jumps to the top of print lists this week, pushing Stephen King’s The Institute to #2 and Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments to #3 on both the New York Times and Publishers Weekly lists.

Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments and Stephen King’s The Institute flip on two lists, King moving into 1st place, Atwood running-up. Meanwhile, Joe Abercrombie’s A Little Hatred (Orbit) debuts on three lists.

Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (Doubleday/Nan A. Talese) ranks at the top of all three Amazon lists this morning; due for publication tomorrow, expect it to top print lists in a couple weeks. And just behind: Stephen King’s The Institute (Scribner), also due tomorrow.

The Locus Bestsellers for June include top titles Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James, That Ain’t Witchcraft by Seanan McGuire, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, and Star Wars: Thrawn: Alliances by Timothy Zahn.

Theaters remain closed. A few movies have been released on streaming services, but many have been scheduled for later release dates in anticipation of the reopening of theaters on a national level. So film reviewers Josh Pearce & Arley Sorg continue their coverage of select science fiction and fantasy series available on streaming services.

Several shows have put out new seasons, such as 12 Monkeys on Hulu and Kingdom on ...Read More

Past Features

Later today (4pm CST) the Hugo nominations will be announced. But some 2010 awards are already coming out. At Eastercon yesterday, the British Science Fiction Awards were announced. As per SF Awards Watch, the results are:

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